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in washington, there is a loud debate centered on health care. the policy choices are far from clearcut, but the states are struggling and we need relief but in terms of increased financial support, in better policy so that everyone has access to affordable and high-quality health care. it is a big issue. touches every family and business in maine. reform is difficult work. we know that because maine has been a leader enacting the first comprehensive health reform in the country and well we know we need a national solution, we are going to continue on a path to increase access quality and reduced costs. so tonight i am announcing another part of that effort. each one of us can help to lower health care costs by taking better care of ourselves and taking responsibility. as a doctor once told me, we can show up at the emergency room and pretend like we had nothing to do with the experience. tomorrow a new resource will be available to help mainers take control of their own health. it is not health care reform from washington or augusta but better h
in washington, there is a loud debate centered on health care. the policy choices are far from clearcut, but the states are struggling and we need relief but in terms of increased financial support, in better policy so that everyone has access to affordable and high-quality health care. it is a big issue. touches every family and business in maine. reform is difficult work. we know that because maine has been a leader enacting the first comprehensive health reform in the country and well we...
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joining us is mary in washington. overseas citizens services. she's in washington. is the government supportive of haiti's decision to put new adoptions on hold? >> yes, at this time in the immediate aftermath of this cataclysmic earthquake, haiti has decided that their first priority is to identify the children that have been separated from their families and work to locate those families and reunite the children with their families, rather than -- >> larry: any indication -- i'm sorry, go ahead. >> well, rather than focusing in the first instance on thinking about sending the children away from the locations where family members would be searching for them. >> larry: any indication when haiti might start processing new adoption applications? >> no, not at this time. it's only a couple weeks now after the earthquake and they are not talking about that at all right now. they're focused on the immediate relief work. >> larry: what about adoption families where the paperwork was halfway along or three quarters of the way done? >> right. immediately after this incredib
joining us is mary in washington. overseas citizens services. she's in washington. is the government supportive of haiti's decision to put new adoptions on hold? >> yes, at this time in the immediate aftermath of this cataclysmic earthquake, haiti has decided that their first priority is to identify the children that have been separated from their families and work to locate those families and reunite the children with their families, rather than -- >> larry: any indication -- i'm...
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the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but as we have argued before, there are serious problems in the aid machinery, and these have contributed to the delivery challenges on the ground. the aid machinery currently at work keeps too much for overhead for its operations and still realize too much on ngos or contractors -- still relies too much on ngos or contractors. the fact that there are more indio's per capita in haiti than any other country in this hemisphere reaching more ngos -- more ngos in haiti it than any other country -- 80 will need the contractors and ngos -- haiti will lead the
the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but...